Welcome to the personal website for Derek Michael Wright
www.dblogr.com/ or
derekmichaelwright.github.io/dblogr
About Me
Derek Michael Wright
I was born in Regina, Saskatchewan and graduated with a BSc
in Biology from the University of Regina in 2012, followed by a
MSc in Agrobiotechnology from Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
(University of Giessen, Germany) in 2015. I now work in the
Plant Sciences department at the University of Saskatchewan and have been
involved in three research projects (AGILE, EVOLVES, P2IRC &
ACTIVATE) with lentil (Lens
culinaris).
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed
without evidence.”
-Christopher Hitchens
“I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers
that can’t be questioned.”
-Richard Feynman
“Think For Yourself, Question Authority”
-Timothy Leary
“Whoever controls the people’s fears becomes master of their
souls.”
-Niccolò Machiavelli
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than
others”
-George Orwell
“It’s amazing how much panic one honest man can spread among a
multitude of hypocrites.”
-Thomas Sowell
“In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth
the humble reasoning of a single individual.”
-Galileo Galilei
“Comedy is surprises, so if you’re inteding to make somebody laugh
and they don’t laugh, that’s funny.”
-Norm MacDonald
“Karl Marx was right, socialism works, it is just that he had the
wrong species”
-Edward O. Wilson
“Growing up, I was free in my childhood years. And now they tell me I
can wash away my tears. These tears explain the way, it’s the way that I
feel, because the freedom they give me ain’t real.
I want freedom, the kind that they promised me, just for livin’ in
this country. I want the freedom, the kind that makes me feel strong,
but, let me tell you, something is wrong.”
-Grand Funk Railroad
“Following our will and wind, we may just go where no one’s been.
We’ll ride the spiral till the end and may just go where no one’s
been.”
-Tool
Roy’s Creedo
I do not choose to be a common man. It is my right to be uncommon… if
I can.
I seek opportunity… not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen,
humbled and dulled by having the state look after me. I want to take the
calculated risk; to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed.
I refuse to barter incentive for dole. I prefer the challenges of
life to the guaranteed existence; the thrill of fulfillment to the state
of calm Utopia.
I will not trade freedom for beneficence nor my dignity for a
handout.
I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat. It is my
heritage to stand erect, proud and unafraid; to think and act for
myself; enjoy the benefits of my creations and to face the world bodly
and say, “This I have done.”
